Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sierra Del Chivato, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 52269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Del Chivato, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Guadalupana Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar None Quartz Scheelite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Powellite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	56	33.9	1	84567	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	33.9	1	84567	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	56	33.9	1	84567	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	56	33.9	1	84567	4924
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	56	33.9	1	84567	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	33.9	1	84567	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	56	33.9	1	84567	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	56	33.9	0		2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	56	33.9	1	84567	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	56	33.9	1	84567	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0001469	56	33.9	Eocene		age of mineralization									11635	Guadalupana Mine, Sierra Del Chivato, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Guadalupana	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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